Apparatus for securing rubber tires to wheels.



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APPARATUS FUR SECURING RUBBER TIRES T0 yWHEELS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEiCE. A

GEORGE MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR SECURING RUBBER TIRES TO.WHEELS.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 693,879, dated February 25, 1902.

Application iiled October 15, 1900. Serial No. 38,023- (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Securing Rubber Tires to Wheels, of which the following is a specification. A

The invention relates to improvements in apparatus for securing rubber tires to wheels; and it consists in the novell features and combinations of parts hereinafter described,` and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of the inventionA is to provide adequate a'nd convenient means for securing the two ends of rubber tires containing an interior band to the rim of the wheel and drawing the adjoining ends of said band together, so that they may be readily secured to one another, thereby to bind the rubber tire upon the rim of the wheel.

The nature of the invention and satisfactory means for carrying the same into effect will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

' which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of an apparatus constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention and shown in position holding the rubber tire and interior securing-band upon the rim of a wheel. partly in section, of same, the rim of the wheel being omitted from this figure, but a portion of the rubber tire and interior securing-band being illustrated. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged central vertical section of same on the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isan enlarged side elevation, partly in section,'of a portion of the same and illustrating the relation of the parts after the ends of the interior securingband have been drawn toward one another until they overlap preparatory to being secured together by riveting, brazing, or otherwise; and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of same on the dotted line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, 10 designates a part of a wheel of known-construction; 11, the metal rim on the fel-lyof said wheel; 12, the rubber Fig. 2 is a top view,

tire, and 13 the interior securing-band, which traverses the length of said tire and whose ends, by means of the present invention, are to be drawn around the wheel from the position in which they are shown in Fig; 4 to the, y

overlapping position in which they are shown .in Fig. 5 preparatory to said ends being riveted or brazed together.

Referring to the apparatus constituting my invention, 14 14 designate two parallel rods connected together at one end by the cross bar or head 15, containing the central internally-threaded hub 16, adapt-ed to receive the operating-screw 17, which at its outer end is provided with the hand-wheel 18 and at its inner end is swiveled in an aperture 19,1ocated at the center of a transverse bar 20, mounted upon the rods 14 14 in parallel relation to the transverse bar 15 and connected with the sleeves 21 21, which are also mounted on said rods 14 14, as clearlyillustrated Ain Fig. 2. The sleeves 2l 21 and cross-bar 20 constitute a frame which is movable upon the rods 14 14 by means of the screw 17 and hand-wheel 18. When the screw 17 is turned'in one direction, it will move the sleeves 21 21 toward the left, and when the said screw 17 is rotated in the opposite direction it will draw the sleeves 21 21 toward the right. The rods 14 14 are simply plain straight rods, with the exception that at their left-hand 1 ends the said rods are formed with the recesses 22 to receive the key 23, whose purpose will be hereinafter described and which, as shown in Fig. 3, is a bent bar something in the form of a horseshoe, having at its ends the bifurcated arms 24 24 to engage the said recesses 22 in the rods 14, said key 23 straddling the space between the two rods 14 14 and at its ends engaging both of saidrods.

Upon the rods 14 14 are applied the clamp' ing devices, (numbered asawhole 25 25,)which correspond exactly with one another andare adapted to engage the end portions of the interior metal band 13, as clearly indicated in 4 the drawings. O ne clamping device 25 is normally set against the ends of the sleeves 2l 2l, and the other clamping device 25 has for a backing the key 23, as shown in Figs. 1 'and 2, and the said 'clamping devices 25 25 are otherwise free upon the rods 14 14. When the clamping devices 25 25 are in engagement with the ends of the interior baud 13 and are IOO in position upon the rods 14 14, they will firmly hold the ends of said band 13 and when actuated by the operating-screw 17 will draw the ends of the said band 13 toward one another from the position in which they are shown in Fig. 4 to that in which they are shown in Fig. 5.

Vhen the operating-screw 17 is turned so as to cause the clamping devices 25 25 to approach one another, the effect of the said screw is to move the transverse parallel bars 15 and 2O in a directionfrom one another, this cansing the sleeves 21 21 to move toward the left andv the -rods 14 14, carrying the key 23, to move toward the right, and this operation results in the sleeves 21 21 pushing the clamping device 25, with which they are in engagement, toward the left and the key 23 pulling the clamping device 25, with which it is in contact, toward the right, and thus the two clamping devices 25 25 are caused to approach one another and carry the ends of the interior securing-band 13 from their separated position (shown in Fig. 4) to their overlapping position, (shown in Fig. 5,) the degree of the overlapping of the ends ot' said band 13 being governed at will by the distance the clam ping devices 25 25 are caused to approach one another. The strain exerted by the interior band 13 tending to draw the clamping devices 25 25 in a direction from one another is resisted by the key 23 and sleeves 21, which key and sleeves eiiectually maintain the ciamping devices 25 25 in any position which may be given to them by the operation of the screw 17 and hand-wheel 18. t

The clampingdevices 25 25 are applied upon the ends ot the interior band 13 prior to the application of the said band and the tire 12 to the rim of the wheel, and 'at such time the clamping devices 25 25 are not upon the rods 14 14. I will therefore first describe the de tails of construction of the clamping devices 25 25 and then explain the method ot' employing the same. The clamping devices 25 Y 25 correspond exactly with one another and each of said clamping devices comprises a body portion 2G, Fig. 6, having an interior transverse slot or opening 27,and formed with the sleeves 28 28 adapted to slide upon the rods 14 14. Upon the upper opposite ends of the bodyportiou 26 are the rigid guiding-pins 29 29, upon which is mounted the transverse bar 30, having the internally-threadedcentral hub 31, within which is placed the screw 32, provided at its upper end with the operatinghandle 33 and at its lower end held within a central bar 34, integral with the body 260i' the clamping device, the lower end of the said screw 32 having an annular groove, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and being engaged at said groove by the screw 35, passing through the said body 26. The purpose of the screw 35 is to engage the annular groove at the lower end of the screw 32 and, while permitting the screw 32 to be rotated, prevent said screw 32 from having any vertical movement. The

bar 30 is formed at the opposite sides of its central internally-threaded hub 31 with openings 35 35',within which are pivotally secured upon the removable pins 36 36 the jaws 37 37, which correspond with one another and extend downward through the slot 27 in the body 26 and at their lower ends are bent toward one another to pass below the lower surfaces of the interior band 13, as shown in Fig. 6. The operation of the screw 32 by means of the handle 33 eiects the vertical movement of the bar 30 and clamping-jaws 37, and hence it will be obvious that upon moving the bar 30 the jaws 37 will pass downward orbe moved upward in accordance with the direction of motion imparted to the said screw 32. Above the lower ends of the jaws 37 37 and below the bar 34 of the body 26 is secured the rigid bar 38, against which in the employment of the apparatus the jaws 37 press the band 13, the bar 38 operating as a fixed jaw carried by the body 26. The bar or jaw 38 is dovetailed at its upper edges and pressed into the dovetailed groove formed in the body 26 to receive it, and said bar or jaw 38 is thereupon keyed or locked in position by means of a small screw 39, which engages both the body26 and the bar 38, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower surface of the bar or jaw 38 and the upper surface ot the inwardly-bent ends ot' the jaws 37 37 may be rough, so as the more eifectually to grip the interior band 13. The body 26 of the clamping device 25 is provided with the transverse screws 40 40, as shown in Fig. 6, which are adjustable and cooperate with the clamping-jaws 37 37. The screws 40 40 by their position regulate the extent of movement the clamping-jaws 37 37 shall have upon their pivot-pins 36 36, and this provision of the adjusting-screws 40 40 is to adapt the clamping devices for interior bands 13 vary- ICO ing in width. When the screws 40 40 are screwed or moved outward, they will permit a more extended outward swinging motion of the jaws 37 37 in a direction from one another, and hence at such time a wider interior band 13 can be engaged by the said jaws 37 37.

When the bar 30 is, by the operation of the screw 32, caused to move upward, it will draw the clamping-jaws 37 37 upward toward the rigid bar or jaw 38, and if at such time the interior band 13 shall be between the lower inwardly-extending ends of the jaws 37 and the lower surfaceot the rigid jaw or bar 38 the said band would betirmly clamped between the said parts, and to effect this result is the purpose of the said jaws 37 37 and 38, it being intended that the said jaws shall irmly grip the said band 13 and maintain their hold upon said band until after the overlapping ends of the band have been properly secured together.

The clamping devices 25 25 are,when wholly disconnected from the rods 14 14, applied upon the ends of the band 13 in the manner shown in Fig. 4,the rubber of the-tire 12 being pressed backward from the end portions of the band IIO 13, so as to accommodate the clamping de' vices 25 upon said band and permita suitable extent of the end -portions ofthe band13 to project beyond the clamping devices 25 25.-

After the clamping devices 25 25 have been applied to the end portions `of the interior band'13 in the manner shown in Fig. 4, the

lsaid band ,with the rubber` tire and saidclamping devices, is applied upon the rim 11 ofthe wheel-10, and thereupon the rods 1414 arel passed through'the sleeves 28 28 of-the'said clamping devices, after which the key 23 isv applied to the said rods 14 14 for the purpose of preventing the said rods 14 14 from slipping from said sleeves 28. 25 25 are then, by means of the-screw 17, caused to approach one another, and thereby compelled to draw the adjacent yends of the interior band 13 toward one another from the position in whichV they are shown in Fig. 4 to that in which they arev illustrated in fFig.'

5, the ends of the said band 13 being thus caused to overlap one another' preparatory. to said `ends being brazed 'or riveted togetherA orotherwise secured, so as -to unite them. When the tire 12 vand clamping devices 25 are applied upon the rim of the wheel, the

' Vsleeves 28 28 of said devices will be at the opposite sides ofthe Ysaid rim, as shown in Fig. 6, and the clamping-jaws 37 37 will set downward between the sides of the said rim.- When the clamping devices 25'and tire -12 are uponv the rim of the wheel, said devices will by the operation of the screw 17 be caused Ito approach'one another,as hereinbefore described, and this has the important effect'not only of causing the endsof the interior'band 13 to overlap, but to draw the said band13 tightly 22 in the rods 14.

the recesses 22 in the rods 14 for convenience around the rim of the wheel, so that the tire 12 may be very effectually secured in place. v

It will be observed Athat no difficulty will be experienced in applying the key 23 to therods 14 after the latter have been inserted through the sleeves 28fof the clampingdevices 25, since the rods 14 are exterior to the rubber tire 12and the key 23 is adapted to straddle the said'tire and engage the recesses I provide several pairs of in applying the tire to the wheel, and'upon the application of the rods 14 to the clamping devices 25, if-the conditions should be such that the rods 14 cannot be pushed-by hand through the sleeves of the clamping devices 25 until they attain the position with-respect to said devices shown in Fig; 2, the key 23 will then `be placed into engagement with any other pair of the said recesses 22 which maybe in position to the left of the left-hand clamping device 25 to receive the same. After the ends of the interior band13 have been brazed orV riveted or otherwise secured together the clamping devices 25must be removed from said band, and in order to accomplish this result I rst detach the key 23 from the rods 14 14'and withdraw said rods from the sleeves` 28 of the clamping devices 25, thus leaving The clamping devices the clamping devices 25` detached -from one another and upon the band 13,1 andthereupon remove'the pins 3636from the cross-bar 30 of the clamping devices, 'thus'leavingi the clamping-jawsy 37 37 entirely: disconnected from the other parts of theclamping devices. Thislhaving been accomplished, the clamping devices 25 25 less the jaws 37'37 maybe lifted directly from the band'13 and removed from the wheelfleaving the clamping-jaws 37 37 still .in position between thev sides of the rim 11, vwhere they will be held by the tension of the`interiorfband`13.' The jaws 3737 being then free from the other-clamping devices and being simply 'pinchedat their lower ends by the bandf13vagainst the rim:1lk maybey readily removedy by hand, leaving the wheel entirelyfreefrom all-parts of the apparatus constituting` the presentinvention. The wheel will -thereupon be treated in-.a wellknown manner to cause the'two ends of the1 rubber tire to approach one another and covery over the joint formed by the brazing or-riveting together of the ends of the band-13.' The luse for rubber tires.

vWhat I claim as my invention,- a-nd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

having an-inner band to wheels, comprising clamps adaptedv to be gripped upon `the-I two ends of said inner bandfcombined witha frame adaptedvto engage the -outer sides" of IOO j -1o'5 1. An apparatus forsecuringrubber tires IIO said clamps for drawing them and the ends ofsaid-"ba'nd-tow-ard each other and comprising the longitudinal rods 14 having the crossbar 15, the sleeves 21 on said rods and-having the cross-bar 20, the operating-screw 17 `I15 engaging a threaded aperture in one-of 'said cross-bars andconnected with the other crossbar, and means engaging the outer side of one of said clamps, while the `said sleeves aitord the resistance at the outer side of the other clamp; substantiallyas set forth.

,2. An-apparatus for securing rubber tires having aninner band 'to wheels, comprising,

clamps adapted tobe gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and having thev lon-2 gitudinal sleeves 28 at opposite sides ofthe wheel, combined with the frame adaptedfto engage saidclam ps fordrawing them and the* ends of said band-towardeach other and comprising 'the longitudinal rods 14 passing and connected by a cross-bar, the operating- I13C? through said sleeves 'and connected at one end by a cross-bar, the sleeves21on'said rods screw 17 engaging a threaded aperture in one of said cross-bars and connected with the other cross-bar, and the removable key engaging said rods 14 at the outer side of one of said clamps, while the said sleeves are at the outer side of the other of said clamps; substantially as set forth.

3. An apparatus for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of the body portion having a jaw 38 to engage one surface of the said band, a movable portion 30, the jaws 37 secured at the opposite sides of the center of said movable portion and adapted at their lower end to engage the other surface of said band, means for moving said movable portion to bind the said jaws against said band, and removable means securing said jaws 37 to said movable portion, combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of the said inner band toward one another; substantially as set forth.

4c. An apparatus :for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of the body portion having a jaw 38 to engage one surface ofthe said band, the jaws 37, 37, having inwardly-turned lower ends to engage the other surface of said band, means for drawing the jaws 37 toward said jaw 38 to grip said band, and removable means securing said jaws 37 so that the parts of the clamp less said jaws may be detached from said band, combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of said inner band toward one another; substantially as set forth.

5. An apparatus for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of the body portion having a jaw 38 to engage one surface of the said band, the jaws 37, 37, having inwardly-turned lower ends to engage the other surface of said band, the set-screws 40 for limiting the outward movement of said jaws 37 and setting them inward against the band, means for drawing the jaws 37 toward said jaw 33 to grip said band, and removable means securing said jaws 37 so that the parts of the clamp less said jaws may be detached from said band, combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of said inner band toward one another; substantially asset forth.'

t3. An apparatus for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of the body portion having a jaw 38 to engage one surface of the said band, the movable portion 30 guided on said body portion, the screw 32 engaging a threaded aperture in said portion 30 and engaging said body portion, the jaws 37, 37,having inwardly-turned lowerends to engage the other surface of said band, and removable pins -36 securing said jaws 37 to said movable portion 30,combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of said inner band toward one another; substantially as set forth.

7. An apparatus for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of` clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of the body portion having a jaw 38 to engage one surface of the said band, the jaws 37, 37, extending through the openings 27in said body portion and having their lower ends turned inwardly to pass below said jaw 3S and engage the other surface of said band, the bar 30 guided on said body portion and having the openings 35 within which the upper ends of said jaws 37 are pivotally secured, and the operating-screw 32 engaging a threaded aperture in the bar 30 and connected with the said body portion, combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of said inner band toward one another; substantially as set forth.

S. An apparatus for securing rubber tires having an inner band to wheels, consisting of clamps adapted to be gripped upon the two ends of said inner band and composed of a t body portion having a fixed jaw foi-engaging the upper surface of said band, a pair of movable jaws for engaging the lower surface of said band, means for operating said jaws to grip the said band, and removable means securing said movable jaws so that when desired all parts of said clamp less said movable jaws may be removed from the said band, combined with means for engaging said clamps and drawing them and the ends of said inner band toward one another; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 12th day of October, A. D. 1900.

GEORGE MEYER.

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